Hence no force, however great, can stretch a cord, however fine, into a horizontal line which is accurately straight: there will always be a bending downwards. — William Whewell Copy Share Image
In order that the facts obtained by observation and experiment may be capable of being used in furtherance of our exact and solid knowledge,… — William Whewell Copy Share
“And so no force however great can stretch a cord however fine into a horizontal line that shall be absolutely straight.” — William Whewell Copy Share
We cannot observe external things without some degree of Thought; nor can we reflect upon our Thoughts, without being influenced in the course of… — William Whewell Copy Share
The catastrophist constructs theories, the uniformitarian demolishes them. — William Whewell Copy Share
The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already… — William Whewell Copy Share
The present generation finds itself the heir of a vast patrimony of science; and it must needs concern us to know the steps by… — William Whewell Copy Share
The object of science is knowledge; the objects of art are works. In art, truth is the means to an end; in science, it… — William Whewell Copy Share
The person who did most to give to analysis the generality and symmetry which are now its pride, was also the person who made… — William Whewell Copy Share
...the question undoubtedly is, or soon will be, not whether or no we shall employ notation in chemistry, but whether we shall use a… — William Whewell Copy Share
We need very much a name to describe a cultivator of science in general. I should incline to call him a scientist. [The first… — William Whewell Copy Share
The earlier truths are not expelled but absorbed, not contradicted but extended; and the history of each science, which may thus appear like a… — William Whewell Copy Share
Astronomy is ... the only progressive Science which the ancient world produced. — William Whewell Copy Share
Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting… — William Whewell Copy Share
It is a test of true theories not only to account for but to predict phenomena. — William Whewell Copy Share
Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting… — William Whewell Copy Share
